Tell No Lies by Gregg Hurwitz

Author:Gregg Hurwitz [Hurwitz, Gregg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers, General
ISBN: 9780312625528
Google: AyGVMQEACAAJ
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Goodreads: 16044989
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013-08-20T05:00:00+00:00

Jack woke to the six a.m. toll of distant church bells. It took him a minute to get his bearings, but then he remembered how he'd collapsed on the bed fully dressed around five. He heard voices at the door, talking about where to meet for breakfast. He recognized his brother's voice, and Jenny's, and he thought maybe Maria's and Andy's. He heard Earl saying that he and Helen wouldn't be joining them. Someone closed the door, and their voices became more distant as they made their way down the hall toward the elevator. He shut his eyes when Claire entered the bedroom.

She approached his side of the bed and bent down close to his ear. "You awake?"

"Yeah," he muttered without opening his eyes. "Sort of."

He listened as she fumbled around with something on the nightstand, and then he heard the groan of the motor as she used a remote to close first the sheers and then the room-darkening drapes that lined the large windows.

"There," she said. "We can pretend it's nighttime as long as we want." She disappeared into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.

Jack rose and went to the window. He searched for the seam between the drape panels and peeked out. The cloudless sky graduated from dark pink on the eastern horizon to deep blue above; the sun had not yet made an appearance and stars were still visible. Steam rose from tall stacks on the far side of the river. It billowed incessantly, like a genie being let out of his bottle.

He thought about Claire's question last night in the bathroom. He was happy, now that the election was over. He had the job he wanted, even though it wouldn't seem real until he actually stepped foot in the office. Earl had already told him he wouldn't stick around and would immediately name Jack as Acting DA until the new term started in January. It had been the compromises of the campaign, not the new job, which had caused the distress sensed by Claire.

But why was he bothered so much by what Jenny had done? He knew she would claim she was only trying to help, to convince him to do what she knew he really wanted to do. Was it because he'd fallen for the ruse? Because, perhaps, he proved to be as gullible as they believed him to be? She'd embarrassed him, that was true, but he thought it must be something more. It seemed to him as if the whole thing—the campaign, the election, even the party afterward—was somehow based on a false premise. Would he have made the same decision but for the letter? Would he have been able to answer the countless questions about the death penalty so skillfully, so believably, so easily, if that letter hadn't always been at the back of his mind?

He stepped out of his pants and headed back to bed. He could hear the faucet running and Claire brushing her teeth. He decided not to bring it up; he wondered if she would.

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